Milton Boy Name

The name Milton is of English origin, and means mill town.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Milton has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Milton

Use of the Name Milton for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

114,188

28,309

7,838

2,522

1,281

482

241

The table below indicates the number of times the name Milton has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Milton

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

91

149

1881

92

143

1882

95

155

1883

90

149

1884

104

150

1885

107

130

1886

106

145

1887

112

122

1888

104

165

1889

97

171

1890

119

126

1891

105

141

1892

107

173

1893

102

174

1894

110

156

1895

102

188

1896

98

194

1897

106

161

1898

91

225

1899

89

207

1900

98

242

1901

90

197

1902

96

207

1903

94

210

1904

95

229

1905

80

299

1906

78

303

1907

89

292

1908

79

345

1909

81

368

1910

76

471

1911

70

606

1912

64

1,318

1913

71

1,413

1914

69

1,831

1915

73

2,227

1916

72

2,348

1917

75

2,387

1918

76

2,456

1919

73

2,452

1920

74

2,596

1921

75

2,577

1922

74

2,559

1923

80

2,456

1924

81

2,472

1925

80

2,564

1926

83

2,410

1927

88

2,353

1928

92

2,163

1929

94

2,034

1930

93

2,047

1931

100

1,828

1932

106

1,705

1933

112

1,489

1934

115

1,508

1935

117

1,530

1936

119

1,443

1937

121

1,383

1938

127

1,395

1939

128

1,373

1940

132

1,429

1941

140

1,377

1942

141

1,508

1943

141

1,504

1944

148

1,438

1945

152

1,354

1946

158

1,483

1947

158

1,638

1948

159

1,544

1949

160

1,548

1950

161

1,548

1951

168

1,514

1952

169

1,579

1953

175

1,527

1954

175

1,578

1955

186

1,425

1956

188

1,471

1957

198

1,359

1958

204

1,327

1959

225

1,208

1960

234

1,185

1961

240

1,097

1962

231

1,111

1963

242

992

1964

246

976

1965

257

826

1966

263

765

1967

274

712

1968

282

681

1969

299

650

1970

312

629

1971

318

590

1972

349

488

1973

362

456

1974

364

449

1975

373

434

1976

364

441

1977

389

411

1978

384

412

1979

407

376

1980

403

405

1981

412

401

1982

411

410

1983

423

373

1984

432

374

1985

449

365

1986

470

338

1987

465

361

1988

484

362

1989

515

347

1990

565

322

1991

558

332

1992

560

330

1993

578

315

1994

623

281

1995

628

269

1996

622

279

1997

661

249

1998

746

216

1999

719

228

2000

652

278

2001

683

263

2002

695

258

2003

742

241

2004

752

241

Totals:

114,188

0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Milton as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.